Botswana: China Delivers 200,000 Doses of SinoVac Vaccine
[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- Botswana on Sunday received 200 000 doses of SinoVac vaccine as a gift from the government of China. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 27, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Preventable deaths following road traffic collisions in Botswana: a retrospective review - Motsumi MJ, Ayane G, Kwati M, Panzirah-Mabaka K, Walsh M.
Road traffic collisions (RTC) are a major cause of mortality and morbidity in Botswana. To our knowledge no research has been conducted in Botswana to investigate preventable deaths that occur as a result of RTCs. The aim of this study is to establish the ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 26, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Asteroid ’s 22m-year journey from source to Earth mapped in historic first
Flight path of Kalahari ’s six-tonne asteroid is first tracing of meteorite shedding rock to solar system originAstronomers have reconstructed the 22m-year-long voyage of an asteroid that hurtled through the solar system and exploded over Botswana, showering meteorites across the Kalahari desert.It is the first time scientists have traced showering space rock to its source – in this case Vesta, one of largest bodies in the asteroid belt that circles the sun between Jupiter and Mars.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 23, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Science editor Tags: Asteroids Astronomy Meteors Comets Australia news Botswana Nasa Space Science Africa World news Source Type: news
Pathogens, Public Health, & Political Will: Why Sustained Leadership is Critical
Two decades of investments in malaria so far have saved a staggering 7.6 million lives and prevented 1.5 billion malaria cases. But progress plateaued by the end of 2019 with political will and funding declining. Credit: Mercedes Sayagues/IPSBy Joy Phumaphi and Sarthak DasApr 23 2021 (IPS) The occasion of World Malaria Day amidst a global pandemic warrants an examination of the intersection between our decades long battle against the world’s oldest known fever and the newest known pathogen fueling a global pandemic.
In our estimation, one theme is abundantly clear: effective management of COVID-19 through coherent public...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 23, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Joy Phumaphi and Sarthak Das Tags: Africa Asia-Pacific Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Malaria Source Type: news
Botswana: Prevention Measures Essential to Malaria Fight
[Botswana Daily News] Maun -- Ngami region has recorded more malaria cases compared to the previous season. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 23, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Botswana: Tutume Vaccination Exercise Progresses Smoothly
[Botswana Daily News] Tutume -- The COVID-19 immunization exercise which got underway in Tutume Sub-district last week is said to be progressing well. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 22, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Botswana: Botswana Registers 684 Covid-19 Deaths
[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- Botswana has so far registered a total of 684 deaths due to COVID-19 related complications. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 20, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
"Undisciplined" drinking, multi-sectoralism and political power: examining problematisations in the Botswana alcohol policy - Sebeelo TB.
The Botswana government has recently ramped up efforts to control alcohol consumption through various measures. These include the alcohol tax levy, reduction in trading hours for bars and other licenced premises and increased penalties for alcohol-related ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 17, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Botswana: Motladiile - Inspiration to Fellow People With Albinism
[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- Philadelphia Motladiile is a force to reckon with despite all the odds she battled with growing up as a child with albinism. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 16, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Botswana child sexual abuse legal framework: an analysis of the implementation of Children's Act 2009 - Ramabu NM.
This article examines the implementation of Botswana Children's Act 2009. Twenty-six in-depth interviews were conducted in two purposively selected sites with child protection front liners, policymakers and caregivers. The Act was analyzed for a definition... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 12, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Botswana: Parliament Affirms Covid-19 Regulations
[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- The National Assembly on Thursday night affirmed a continuation of the Emergency Powers COVID-19 statutory instruments that were promulgated last year to accompany the State of Public Emergency. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 6, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Botswana: President Requests Approval of State of Emergency Extension
[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- The President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi has requested Parliament to approve an extension of the State of Public Emergency by six months from April 1 to September 30, 2021 as the challenges to combat COVID -19 pandemic remain. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 1, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Botswana: Test Kits to Improve Turn Around Time
[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- The 3 000 rapid test kits donated by Mascom Wireless Monday will help in the management of COVID-19, says Assistant Minister of Health and Wellness Mr Sethomo Lelatisitswe. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 31, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Botswana: Botswana Needs to Accelerate TB Response
[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- The world and its leaders have only a year left to achieve the United Nations Political Declaration on Tuberculosis (TB) commitments. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - March 26, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Botswana: Intensify TB Fighting Efforts - Dikoloti
[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- As Botswana joined the world in commemorating World Tuberculosis (TB) Day yesterday, Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Edwin Dikoloti underscored the need for intensification of efforts to find missing undiagnosed TB cases. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 25, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
